Cloth measuring and cutting machine



PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAY 4. 1903.

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PATBNTED FEB. 16, 1904.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1903.

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CLOTH MEASURING AND CUTTING MACHINE.

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Patented February 16; 1904.

FRANK IVANHOE STILES, OF SAUK RAPIDS, MINNESOTA.

CLOTH MEASURING A ND CUTTlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,120, dated February16, 1904. Application filed May 4, 19b3- Serial No. 155,571. (No model.)

To an whom itg'may concern.- 1

Be it known that I, FRANK IVANHOE STILES, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sauk Rapids, in the county of Benton and State of"Minnesota, have invented certain new and use-,

ful Improvements in Cloth Measuring and Cutting Machines, of which thefollowingis a specification.

My invention relates to machines for measuring and cutting cloth. One ofits principal objects is M to provide an automatic registeringmachine ofthe character referred to which shall be peculiarly adapted for use inthe inventoring of stock as well as the retailing of goods over thecounter.

dent-easily erected, and inexpensive machine of the character stated. 7

V inafter discussed.

structions, combinations, and arrangements of partshereinafter describedin more or less de- 7 tail, and finally pointed out in the claims here-Q to appended. i

\ I n tmharacteristic featuresgand scope of the invention willbemorefully'unin -connection with the accompanying drawings'p formingapart hereof. Whereini Figure'1 isxa perspective view "of aselfregistering cloth measuring and cuttingma {chine constructed inaccordance with my inofi the same. Fig. 3 a perspective view ofthedeviceforgripping the end of the' cloth and attaclnngjsame to thewinding-reel. 'Fig.

lugs for gripping-tliedenterrod to the bolt of cloth, and kg..- 6 1s aviewa-of'the'registering- 1-. .d aliand intermediate gearing.

Referring to the machine, Ar'epresents a {suitable basal'support fromwhich risetlfie 1 standards A A? A, A A? A. I

A further object is to provide a simple, efl i- Other objects andadvantages here- 'r11e invention consistslin certain novel 0011-.

' derstood from the following descriptiomtaken vention..- .Fig. '2 is a"vertical sectional view is a perspective view of. the adjustable rolland toggle levers for lowering and elevating the same. .Fig. 5 is. aperspective view of the v The standards arewforked at then upper end, asat d; and

I employ a cylindrical rod a, disposed axially of the bolt and havingthe toothed clampinglugs 00 disposed at each end of the bolt forgripping the latter, so that it may be rotated in unison with said rod.The clampingdevice or lugs a, are shown in detail in Fig. 4, where oneis shown provided with a cylin drical perforation and with a spline afor permanently securing it in respect of the grooved rod (1/, andwhereof the other is provided with a set-screw a to render it adjustablealong the length of said rod. The rod a is also provided at one end witha'collar (L for holding it securely in the fork. It will be understood,of course, that extra rods a may be supplied to accommodate diiferentpieces of cloth.

The standards A are in the form of'sleeves or tubes adapted to receivethe telescoping rods 5. The rods Z9 afford bearings in their upper endsfor the axis of a roll B, over which the cloth travels. roll beadjustable in a vertical direction, and

'Imake suitable provision for this, as follows:

The standards A are provided with slots t to constitute ways for thestuds or projections b of the rods 6. The studs 6 are connected with thetubular standards A by means of togglelevers b3, the toggle-levers beingthemselves connected-by a transverse bar or connectingrod 6*. It willthus be apparent that by the provision of a handle or its equivalent 72through the medium of the toggle-levers b the rods 6 may be raised or.lowered, as may be desired.

slightly curved, as shown in Fig. 1, and is pivoted in a support a atone end of the table upon a horizontal spindle c A handle 0 may beprovided on the knife for manipulating it,

It is important that this and a coil-spring placed upon the spindle c,is also provided for normally maintaining,

guide rolls 1).

One of the standards A" at the front of the.

machine afiords bearings for a winding-reel E. Also JOHIIltLlGd in saidstandards 1s a shaft 2,

. havinga .cranke at one'end thereof for facility in turning it andhaving a sprocket-wheel a connecting, bymeans of a chain e with asmaller spr'oeket-wheel e on the shaft'of winding-reel E;

cloth-end gripping device, consisting of a "plate or body f, havingthree coincident springtaneous' movement.

' clasps f connected thereto by means of toggle levers f,

the levers of the respective clasps being connected by a rod f forsimul- The points f? of the claspsengage the end of the'cloth, and inorder .to guide the cloth evenly under said points I 'employ thetransverse wire f.

Mounted on the top of the standard A, preferably to one side of themachine, is the-registering device Gr. The location of the registeringdevice is of course dependent on the width of the cloth. Saidregistering device is supported upon a flat spring g secnred to thestandard A said spring permitting the registering device toadjustpitself in respect of the intermediate roll. The registeringdevice consists of a dial or indicator, Fig. 6, calibrated on a scale ofthirty-six points around its circumference. -Two hands 9 g are pro- Ivided, whereof one indicates-fractions'oi a yard in inches, and whereofthe other regis-" ters yards. Otherwise stated, the revolution of thehand g indicates one yard, and one revolution of hand g representsthirty-six yards. g represents suitable intermediate gearing foraccomplishing this result. a suitable spring for returning the hands totheir original positionsfor instance, when the cloth is released. 9*represents a wheel suitably journaled and having itsperiphery,

provided with points 'g adapted to engage the cloth.

The operation of the machine may be describedas follows: The rod 0;being applied as before explained and the bolt m mounted'in the forkedstandards -A',the gripping device 1s then applied to the free end of'theclothbefore any is unrolled, and said free end is carrled under rolls DD and over roll B untilthe end of the cloth is at the cutting-line.

Then the roll Bis raised by means of toggle-levers Z1 which carry thegoods up and against the measuring device 9, (which will thus onlymeasure the goods that pass the cuttingl. I "behollow. Refell'lng toFigs. land 3, F represents the g represents line.) Then the grippingdevice is carried forward and hooked on the reel by means of the hooks fW'hen a sufiicient length of cloth hasbeen measured oh", the operatorpulls down the'shear-knife C, and after cutting the cloth the knifesprings back again. By lowering the roll B by means of the levers b theuncut portion of the goods is released, and the measuring device returnsto its starting-point. The arbor E of the reel is supported at one endonly, (see Fig. 1,) so that after the goods are wound on said reel theymay be stripped ofi" in a folded state. The arbor E is shown solid inFig. 2; but it will be understood that it may It will be obvious tothose skilled in the art to which the invention appertains thatmodifications may be made in details without departing from the spiritand scope of same. Hence I do not limit myself to the preciseconstruction and arrangement of parts herein described; but,

-Having' thus described the nature and ob jects of the invention, what Iclaim as new, and

I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cloth measuring and cutting-machine, the combination of supportsin which the bolt may be rotated, brake-rolls, a roll over which thecloth passes intermediate the brake-rolls,

means for lowering and elevating said intermediate roll, registeringmechanism coacting with said intermediate roll, shearing apparatus, anda winding-reel, substantially as described.

2. In a cloth measuring and cutting machine, the combination of supportsin which the 'bolt may be rotated, brake-rolls, a vertically-adjustableroll intermediate the brake-rolls over which the cloth passes,registering mechanism eoacting with said intermediate roll, shearingapparatus, a winding-reel, and means substantially as described forconnecting the cloth with the winding-reel.

3. In a cloth measuring and cutting machine, the combination of forkedstandards, a cylindrical but grooved rod adapted to be passed through abolt of cloth and to rotate in said standards, said rod having a collaradjacent to one of said standards, and a toothed lug a provided with aspline, said lug effecting a rigid connection between the bolt and rodsubstantially as described.

4. The combination in a cloth measuring and cutting machine of abolt-carrying frame, a winding-reel and means for attaching the cloth tothe reel consisting of a plate having hooks to engage the reel andclasps to engage the cloth, with means for simultaneously looking orreleasing the clasps, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a cloth measuring and cutting machine, of a framein which the bolt may rotate, a. pair of guide-rolls, tubular standwithsaid spur-Wheel, shearing apparatus, and 1 ards, rods telescoping saidstandards, means a windingreel, substantially as described. foradjusting both rods simultaneouslyin re- In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in speet to thle standards, a mill over which the presence oftwo witnesses. 5 cloth trave s interme iate t e uide-rolls and journaledin said rods, a spurfwheel adapted FRANK WANHOE STILES' to engage and berotated by the traveling cloth Witnesses: when said intermediate roll isin its elevated HUBERT HANSEN, position, registering meehanismcooperating ANDREW G. ROBERTSON.-

